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Infineon Raceway donuts set world record

For more than 15 seconds, 75 cars burned rubber in the raceway's main paddock. Photo by Mike Doran

On March 20 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., 75 cars joined tire-shredding forces to break the Guinness World Record for most cars performing donuts simultaneously.

For more than 15 seconds, 75 cars burned rubber in the raceway's main paddock.

The previous record of 57 cars doing donuts was set in 2010 in the homeland of the “hoon,” Queensland, Australia.

The record-breaking attempt took place during the weekly Sonoma Drift, a legal, safe and controlled drift event where amateurs and professionals alike take to the track.

“That was a blast. With all the smoke and all the cars doing donuts simultaneously, I've never seen anything as big as that,” said professional drifter and San Francisco native Calvin Wan. “That was just a great time.”

More than 200 spectators were present to witness the attempt. Evidence of the record will be sent to Guinness World Records for final verification.